Think of Rick Squires as a modern incarnation of the late Alfred Buchi. Dedicated students of automotive arcana may know Buchi as the Swiss engineer who in 1905, between fixing Rolexes or designing ...

In Part I of this story (Jan. '06), we introduced the Squires Turbo Systems (STS) rear-mounted turbocharger package for the '98-'02 LS1-powered Firebirds. The base STS kit retails for $3,995 and comes ...

Power adders. Years ago, a supercharger was the only means of building more power. Then came nitrous oxide, but many shied away from that because they saw too many lean-condition explosions. In recent ...

Remote-mount turbos. The concept flashed through my mind when I saw Honda had moved its exhaust manifolds to the back side of the engine in my 2001 Civic. Plop a turbo on the far side of the cat and ...